Objective
The audit took place on 28 March 2017 at Statoil's premises at Sandsli in Bergen and follows up previous supervision of Statoil's work on planning the new control room solution for Valemon.
The audit is linked with the PSA's main theme called "Reversing the trend", and especially the pillars of robustness and social dialogue.
The object of the audit was to verify that the implementation of the chosen solution, which involves a control room at Sandsli and platform management at the Kvitebjørn facility, will be prudent and in compliance with the regulatory requirements.
Result
The audit identified no regulatory non-conformities.
However, improvement points were identified relating to:
- Robustness in the emergency preparedness organisation
- System for transfer of information when changing shifts and crews
- Visibility conditions at the work stations in the control room
- Evaluation of control measures and discussion of significant changes to control measures with employee representatives.
Statoil has been asked to report on how these improvement points will be assessed by 15 June 2017.
Valemon
Valemon is a field in the northern part of the North Sea, just west of the Kvitebjørn field. The water depth is 135 metres. Valemon was discovered in 1985, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2011. The field is developed with a fixed steel production platform with a simplified separation process design. The platform is remotely controlled from an operations centre onshore. Production started in 2015.
Source: norskpetroleum.no